The condos are selling like hotcakes, according to Oleshansky, both to corporate and private owners. See the 2015 Woodward Dream Cruise in 485 615 photos.

Buyers are only limited by the thickness of their wallets. The garages are heated and cooled, and if you do get a lift installed, it can raise up to that mezzanine level as a display car. The thick, concrete floors are rated for lifts, and buyers can build a mezzanine level to view the track, which can double as man-cave space, or anything else. According to Oleshansky, some people won’t even keep cars in there.īut most will. though drivers will be breath checked before any on-track exercises begin. That includes kitchens and bathrooms, man caves and bars. They range from about 500 to 2,400 square feet - and about $125,000 to $500,000 - and can be built out in any way enthusiasts might like. Like Monticello Motor Club in New York State, or The Thermal Club in California, M1 is a private, country-club-style racetrack with condos for car-loving members. So far he’s in for $30 million and he plans to spend more before it’s all done.

Old pavement came up water, power, gas lines and new asphalt went down. Oleshansky and the crew basically had to demolish and rebuild everything. It was a General Motors plant that had been closed since 2008, right on Woodward, near the center of Pontiac. The facility also has a skidpad, and owners are deciding if another one is warranted, as well adding as some dirt for a possible off-road track.įounder and CEO Brad Oleshansky bought the 87-acre plot in 2014. It’s already hosted a few corporate track days, car shows and the Michigan Ribfest, which is exactly what it sounds like. This brand-new 1.5-mile, 11-turn road course will have its grand opening Sunday, Aug 14, a week before the Woodward Dream Cruise. Thankfully, that’s now changed with M1 Concourse in Pontiac, just a short drive up Woodward Avenue - the first concrete roadway in the country and home to the annual Dream Cruise - from the center of Detroit.

Grattan is almost a three-hour drive, and GingerMan is damn near Chicago. Sure, we in Detroit have the option of Waterford Hills in Clarkston, but that’s 45 minutes away, if traffic is light. Not having a road course within spitting distance of the Motor City is a crime that should be punishable by death.

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